Though most regions of the U.S. saw declines, the Northeast saw an increase in murders (8.3%), forcible rapes (1.4%) and aggravated assaults (0.7%). Why that region was affected by crime more than others isn't clear. Perhaps it was because of the grinding poverty found in some of the area's cities and their high cost of living.
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/112804/most-dangerous-cities-247
Them nasty old guns only in the hands of criminals seems to be working out real well.